On offer here is a VERY rare LP especially in this condition by Pink Floyd called Dark Side Of The Moon and is an INCREDIBLY rare 1973 UK EARLIEST Transparent Triangle Pressing - and has a completely UNIQUE COLOURED LABEL, that was NEVER used before or since THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS IS ONE OF PINK FLOYD S MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE LIKE THIS HOWEVER THIS LP IS MADE REALLY SPECIAL INDEED AS IT IS THE RAREST POSSIBLE VERSION OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND WAS ONLY PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO MASSIVELY RARE
THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN 1973 - JUST BEFORE THE HARVEST LABEL CHANGE -
FROM THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY EDGE TEXT, TO THE EMI RECORDS EDGE
TEXT. IN FACT THIS LP IS ONE OF THE LAST LPs EVER TO BE RELEASED WITH
THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY EDGE TEXT ON THE HARVEST LABEL AND, AS
MANY PEOPLE WILL ALREADY KNOW - THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP
HAD A SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE - AND THIS WAS CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
AFTER RELEASE TO MATCH THE COVER . NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE GRAMOPHONE
COMPANY EDGE TEXT WAS CHANGED AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME - AND DROPPED IN
FAVOUR OF EMI RECORDS TEXT THAT FOLLOWED ON ALL LATER
PRESSINGS HOWEVER - JUST BEFORE THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY EDGE TEXT
CHANGED AND JUST AFTER THE SOLID BLUE TRIANGLES ENDED, ONLY A TINY
HANDFUL WERE PRESSED WITH A TRANSPARENT TRIANGLE AND GRAMOPHONE
COMPANY LABEL EDGE TEXT AND THIS MAKES THIS LP VERY VERY RARE
INDEED ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS -
AND IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE VARIATION OF THIS LP
EVER MADE
BUT THERE IS ALSO 1 MASSIVE ADDED BONUS TO THIS LP WHICH MAKES IT THE EARLIEST STANDARD 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AS THIS LP HAS 1 MORE AMAZING RARITY THAT ALL LATER ONES NEVER HAD WHEN THE LABELS WERE FIRST CHANGED FROM THE SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE TO THE TRANSPARENT TRIANGLE - THE COLOUR WAS INCORRECT ON THE EARLIEST TRANSPARENT TRIANGLES ONLY THEY INCORRECTLY USED EXACTLY THE SAME COLOUR AS THE MIDDLE OF THE SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE ON THE TRANSPARENT LABELS - WHICH WAS FAR TOO LIGHT, AND STILL HID SOME OF THE TEXT IT ALSO OF COURSE, STILL DIDN T MATCH THE COVER FRONT - WHICH WAS THE WHOLE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN THE FIRST PLACE THIS WRONG COLOUR ERROR WAS CORRECTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY - AND IF YOU COMPARE THIS EARLIEST TRANSPARENT PRESSING THIS ONE - WITH ANY LATER PRESSING, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WRONG COLOUR LATER ONES ARE TURQUOISE - ON THIS LABEL THE TRIANGLE IS SIMPLY VERY LIGHT BLUE AND ALSO MUCH THICKER AND FAR MORE SOLID LOOKING ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF THE EARLIEST TRANSPARENT LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE TEXT WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS - AND MAKES THIS THE ALL TIME RAREST VERSION OF THIS LP EVER MADE
AND THIS LP IS CLEARLY THE ALL TIME RAREST VERSION EVER MADE ON ONE LABEL - YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE TRANSPARENT TRIANGLE STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL SOLD BLUE TRIANGLE LIGHT BLUE COLOUR, WHEREAS THE OTHER LABEL HAS THE BRIGHT TURQUOISE BLUE TRIANGLE, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO MATCH THE COVER AND YET BOTH STILL HAVE THE ULTRA RARE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LABEL EDGE TEXT ONLY 200-300 COPIES COULD HAVE EVER HAVE BEEN MADE LIKE THIS - AND IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST VERSION OF THIS LP EVER MADE
THIS LP IS ALSO 100 COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR POSTERS, FASSON STICKERS LATER ONES ARE DIFFERENT , AND BLACK POLY LINED DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE LATER ONES DONT INCIDENTALLY - I HAVE NO HISTORY WITH THE BLACK INNER SLEEVE, AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO SILVER TEXT ON THE INNER - IT STILL HAS THE CORRECT SHAPE, FLIPBACKS ON THE INNER EDGE, AND IS POLY LINED SO IT COULD EASILY BE THE CORRECT INNER FOR THIS LP FROM THIS PERIOD NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL AND THE POSTERS STICKERS DONT EVER LOOK TO HAVE LEFT THE COVER JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK EARLIEST STANDARD TRANSPARENT PRESSING ON THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE LIGHTER BLUE TRANSPARENT TRIANGLE HARVEST LABEL WITH GRAMOPHONE COMPANY EDGE TEXT, ULTRA RARE MISMATCHED DIFFERENT COLOUR LABELS, BLACK POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE COLOUR POSTERS FASPRINT BACKED STICKERS, AND GARROD LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD COVER THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST POSSIBLE VARIATION OF THIS LP EVER PRESSED AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL Harvest UK Pressing from 1973 and is in SUPERB condition The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SHVL 804 on the ORIGINAL Harvest label see picture and is a UK Stereo Pressing there were NO Monos
The record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO writing, NO wear apart from a TINY trace of touching in around the centre holes , and only a few VERY light spindle marks IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual It plays with NO pops, NO skips, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some slight background sound in places as is normal and expected on this LP The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either The record must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT RECORD Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to Brillant The record also comes in a Black poly-lined Inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition THE ULTRA RARE 2 COLOUR POSTERS 2 STICKERS ARE ALL IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER The Garrod Lofthouse Gatefold Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, NO rips, NO tears, only VERY slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO sticker marks, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO sticker tears, NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases cover is VERY flat looking indeed , NO splits, only some very VERY minor evidence of tipping in to the corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing The cover MUST grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION - AND WITH THIS ULTRA RARE VARIATION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP in this sort of condition THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1973 UK EARLIEST STANDARD TRANSPARENT PRESSING WITH ULTRA RARE MISMATCHED LABELS OF DARK SIDE OF THE MOON BY PINK FLOYD, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking Cheers--ooOOoo--
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